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................................. H I I « . ' ' . Spily^y T ym oo, W gtm Springs, O regon . - ............ ... . I "* ............................ ,J w I 1 ; h Page 5 $750. 3. Cedar premium clear natu ral: $1,000. 4. Cedar tight knot Wasco canoe paint colors, C hinook salmon logo, and canoe paddle: $900. 5. Young person is pine or tight knot cedar: $600. 6. Infant, pine or tight knot cedar: $400. 7. Outer box: $200. 8. Standard size— X-large— XX large— all the same price as per above listing. B y George Aguilar Sr. At the time o f this writing I have five caskets on inventory, including the special Wasco unit. Special logos can be made and attached o f your choosing like a basketball, guitar, cowboy hats, horse, eagle feather, o r how about the outline o f the Rez? The possibilities are many. Dave McMechan/Spilyay George Aguilar Sr. with casket and items of adornment. one”s funeral arrangements. I am now offering the con struction o f burial caskets uti lizing, a N ative American ap proach to your casket needs. I will offer you savings on costs o f the casket which only a small m anufacturer can make. My hand-crafted pine or cedar cas kets will convey the N ative American and traditional cus tom s o f th e C o n fed erated Tribes o f Warm Springs. Grow ing up and knowing the older families o f warm Springs I will be working with, as craftsman I have committed myself to help ease your planning and decision making concerning the loss o f a family loved one by saving you a bundle o f bucks. 1. A simple standard size pine casket can be constructed and delivered in about six to eight hours. 2. Five casket sizes will be available: standard^ large, extra large, young person and an in fant size. 3. Outer boxes can be made on request for an additional cost per unit. 4. The introduced Wasco ce dar wood casket is also being offered. This uniquely designed casket will be stained jet black or pale blue (traditional canoe colors) on the outsid e, and knook knook: resem bled red stain Wasco face paint on the inside. The logo o f a Chinook salmon is attached on the ends and a cedar carved canoe paddle on the to p ... The mentioned color combination was used on canoes o f the K iksht people Special note With no paint or preservative chemicals applied to the wood, the cedar casket is designed to be an environmentally friendly unit. (Wasco) many snow melts ago. Casket dimensions: Standard: 24"x78"xl6" deep. X-large: 28"x80"xl8" deep. XXJarge: 32"x80"x20" deep. Young person: 18"x54"xl2" deep. Infant: 12"x30"xl0" deep. Price o f product as listed: 1. Simple pine casket natu ral: $750. 2. Cedar tight knot natural: The cedar casket is by far the lightest in weight at approxi mately 80 to 100 pounds. With no paint or preservative chemi cals applied to the wood, it is designed to be an environmen tally friendly unit. Further saving can be had by not using or purchasing an outer box. The use o f the cedar cas ket will not need an outer box. The older generation did not use an outer box. T he use o f an o u ter box began during the 1950s w hen the local people purchased steel caskets. The phone number is 541- 553-3047. I f n o t available, prom pt response will be avail able by contacting E aston or Tina Aguilar. Respectfully, George W. Aguilar Sr. More Letters to the Editor Powwow The Lincoln’s Birthday Pow wow Committee would like to thank the following for their sponsorships, donations, and contributions to the success o f the powwow: C o n fed erated T ribes o f W arm Sprigs R eservatio n , Warm Springs Police D epart m ent, Fire & Safety, N atural Resources, Credit Board, Three Warriors Market, KWSO, Kah- N ee-Ta Reservations—K rysta R hoan, K ing M ountain T o b acco —Tode G oudy, R ound D ance C o o rd in ato rs—Carlos Calica and Cheeks Boise, Lupita T o h e t family, M iss W arm Springs Tamera Moody, Luther Clements, J.R. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Sal Sahme, Gilbert Brown, Jabbar Davis, Simnasho Mayor- Captain Moody, Oliver Kirk, C ena W olfe, A tcitty Begay, P reston Tom, as well as the Dancers, Drummers and Pow wow fans; without you we could not o f done it. We look forward to next year. math Falls: Jacket, cash, blan ket. T h an k you to Iren e Onepennee for helping me with judging... And thank you to my uncle Miko Polk and family for helping with the jackets... And Droopy (Sena Polk) and family, Anna Polk-Lopez and family... A lso my gram a and gram pa (Alex and Phyllis Tohet) for helping with the supply water and chips at the Round Dancé on Thursday.. It felt good to of fer these to my people. I enjoyed the smiles o f appreciation for the offer, very hart warming. I would also like to thank my mom and dad Chet Tias for the su p p o rt and encouragem ent throughout the year. I had fun traveling to powwows. And just being there for me. Thank you. Shum-Ing-Wash. Tohet. Pita 1st birthday Lincoln’s Birthday Pow wow Committee. Great time I would like to thank every one for the privilege o f repre sent the Lincoln’s Birthday Pow wow. I had a blast traveling, meeting new people, it was a great stepping stone in life. I would also like to thank the young ladies who participated in my teen girls fancy out going queen special....Winners: 1st place: Katrina Blackwolf: .Toppenish, Wash.: Jacket cash, pendelton blanket, plumes. 2nd: Persia Salone: Tuba City, A riz.: Jack et, cash, blanket, plumes. 3rd: Destiny Summers, Kla- Salmon plan My name is Terry Courtney Jr. I am a platform fisherman and I am very concerned about what salmon recovery really is. I ’ve d one over 10 years o f studying the Warm Springs N a tional Fish Hatchery. I firmly believe that it is be ing operated out o f compliance with the original intent for the people o f this reservation. | Too many times our fisher m en couldn’t fish at Sherars Falls because o f the low returns o f the wild salmon. There used to be about 2,500 o r m o re salm on b e fo re .th e hatchery was built. Now the wild salmon count is between 400 and 650. But there are over 2,000 or more hatchery fish that are being used for non-tribal fisheries. O ur elders used to gaff and spear salmon above thè hatch ery site. I did some gaffing in 1961 and 1962. I have a good plan that can bring back the salmon, but it will take between six and ten years, maybe sooner. Native Thunder Courtesy photo. Native Thunder team members: Jake Suppah, Chasan Walker, Gilbert Tsatoke, Jack Frantz, Vernon Suppah, Delbert Bishop, Byron Kill, and Adam Parker O ur basketball team N a tive Thunder took third place at the Camp Verde, Ariz., tourney. A special thanks to my b ro th e rs W o lf (V ern o n ) The salmon need all o f us tribal people to protect and pre serve them for the future gen- Suppah and Chasan Walker for making the trip down to play on our team. Jake Suppah. and Ju lie erations. Thank you. Awees. Awareness Proclamation (The following item was sub mitted by the Warm Springs Vic tims of Crime Office.) State of Oregon Proc lamation from the Office of the Governor: Happy 1st Birthday to our Lucky Charm, Romeo Rain Whitefoot, on March 17, 2011. We love you. Mom and Dad. I , March 9, 2011 Wood worker brings skill, care to casket service In 1944,1 began learning the wood working skill at the Warm Springs Boarding School and Chemawa Indian School. In 1948, I start wood working in Alaska using hand carving tools. My uncle-in-law A ndrew Mather used these old tools in carving totem poles for the city of Wrangell, Alaska. In 1956, I furthered my ex perience in wood working, con structing kitchen cabinets for the Tribal Construction Depart ment. In 1956 a special request was made from th e ‘then-102 year old Chief Tommy Thompson of the Celilo Wyampums to con struct a cedar casket. I played a small part with the construction o f the casket. From that time on I constructed all caskets for the Rez... In the early 1960s I became the Construction and Mainte nance Department’s manager. I resigned in 1968. I spent sev7 eral years in the state o f Oregon as a union affiliated journeyman carpenter. I became a licensed and bonded residential and com mercial builder, to pursue con struction projects. Being in the building business and working with wood from my youth, I am now launching a small casket construction busi ness that features hand-carved, affordable and personalized cas kets. Funerals are the most expen sive purchases many o f our people o f Warm Springs will ever experience. Grieving fam ily and friends, when under great emotional stress, are confronted with many decisions that need to be made quickly for a loved .... ' • -------- ---------- r “----------- Whereas, Sexual Violence affects O reg o n ian s every day, w hether as a survivor o r as a fam ily m e m b e r, friend, p artn er, .neighbor, employer or co-worker o f a survivor; and, W hereas it is estim ated th a t o n e o u t o f six a d u lt . and community in O regon women in Oregon has been the has the ability to help elimi victim o f forcible rape som e n a te sexual v io le n c e by time in her lifetime; and, w orking to g eth er to p ro W hereas, it is im portant to m ote social change; recognize that sexual violence N ow therefore I, Jo h n A. is preventable; and K itz h a b e r, G o v e rn o r o f Whereas it is im portant to th e S ta te o f O re g o n , encourage healthy, non-violent hereby proclaim April 2011 interactions and relationships to be Sexual Assault Aware and un-do social norm s that al ness M onth in O regon, and low fo r and p ro m o te sexual encourage all Oregonians to violence; and join in this observance. W hereas every individual TeleCo Corner Office remodel to start soon by Marsha Spellman Marketing & Regulatory Director, W STC In the next couple of m onths, like our spring flowers, you will start see ing signs th a t the new telecom company is start ing to bloom. One o f the first signs will be the remodeling of a building that will become our new headquarters. We will be using the space next to the Warm Springs Con stru c tio n d ep artm en t. The building previously housed the old garm ent assembly factory. We have hired an ar chitectural firm , Steele A rchitects, from Bend. They are in the process o f drawing up the plans to re model this building to be purpose-built for a tele com m unications opera tion. They have also hired a Bend con tracto r that will build out the plans. Steele Architects is work ing with us to give design ideas for the best way to rem o d el this building. Pretty soon, we will have a newly refurbished build ing that will be the home o f the W arm S prings T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s Company. The building will be di vided into two parts. One half will be the “central ■ office.” The second half will house all the customer service needs, as well as the offices o f the manage m e n t o f the com pany. Both parts are critical fo r the company to function. T he “ central office” | (CO) is the term used in the telecom industry to de scribe the area that houses the technology that is nec essary to run the network. T he switch is the main piece o f equipm ent that will be in the CO. The switch is essentially the brains o f the netw ork. W ith o u t a sw itch, we would have a network that has a line going from one phone to every phone... Like a tin can and string. Remember the old TV shows, Lily Tomlin was the operator w ho manually used wires to switch the calls from one person to another? The switch o f today, called a soft-switch, is a relative small piece o f equipment. This will en able us to not only switch your calls, but offer you features that you d o n ’t have now. Since the switch is the key ingredient that makes the entire company work, it needs its own room. A clean room, with air con ditioning, standby power and other features, is re ally important. In addition, since we will be providing addi tional equipment, both for the network as well as for the customer, the CO will sto re eq u ip m en t, be a space for repairing equip ment, and will be the of fices for the Operations Manager and other tech nical staff. The other half o f the building will be for cus tom er service and m an agement offices. Please see TeleCo on 10
